I'm afraid I can't agree with you. That's a good way of giving information, but it's not a good way of persuading people. For one thing, it's boring, and people aren't going to read an ad that looks boring. For another thing, one computer looks very like

恐怕我不能同意你的意见。那是个通报信息的好办法，但并非是使人信服的好办法。一是它很乏味，人们是不会去读一则看起来很乏味的广告的。其次，计算机彼此都很相像。人们不会记住产品的名字的。

We are wasting time.

我们是在浪费时间。

The first westerner to discover these islands was an Italian explorer in 1524.

首次发现这些岛屿的西方人是一位意大利探险家，时间是1524年。

I've recently noticed that one of my work-mates is stealing.

我最近注意到，我的一个工友在行窃。

Annie considered this was just the kind of demanding job she wanted.

安妮认为，这正是她想要的难度很大的工作。

He was so shocked by this lack of equality and fairness that he formed an organization leading the Indians' struggle for equal rights.

不平等与不公正使他如此震惊，他因此创办了一个领导印度人为争取平等权利而斗争的组织。